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Textile sample
Japanese
Bakumatsa to Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave crepe (chirimen), stencil and hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû)
Dimensions
22.4 x 32.5 cm (8 13/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.241
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of royal ferns, violets, dandelions, shepherd's purse and other flowers in green, gray, black, pink, yellow, and white, created by the yûzen process, and accented with silk embroidery (shishû).
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898